Attachment for linotype-machines.



I. A. ROSHON ATTAGHMENT FOR LINOTYPE MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1913.

Patented May 5, 1914.

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ATTACHMENT FOR LINOTYPE MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1913.

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ISRAEL AL ROSHQN, 0F WOBTHINGTGN, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOB 0F ONE-HALF T0- 'PETTER THOMPSON, 0F WORTHINGTGN, MINNESOTA.

ATTACHMENT FOR LINOTYPE-MACHTNES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL A. RosHoN, a citizen of the United States, resident of Worthington, county of Nobles, State of .Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Linotype-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a means for feeding slugs to a linotype machine and the particular object ofthe invention is to improve the apparatus shown and described inmy application for Letters Pateptcf the United States, Serial No. 717,168, filed August 26, 1912, by adapting the device for feeding slugs of different thickness and also for feeding pigs, so called, as well as slugs.

Other objects of theinvention will appear from the following detailed description.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as ing the gage device, Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the feedingmechanism, Fig. 5 is a plan section, Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of the feeder, Fig, 7 is a detail sectional view, illustrating the device adapted for feeding igs, Fig. 8 is a detail view, showing the orm of feed control which I prefer to use in feeding pigs from the galley to the pot;

In the drawing, 2 represents the melting pot of the linotype machine, supported by arms 3 upon a shaft at.

5 is the slug ejector arm, which in the machine is given a rocking motion to operate an ejector slide, (not shown) to eject from the mold each new slug after it is cast. I have not shown the means for forcing the liquid metal from the pot into the mold, or the mold itself, or the means for ejecting the slugs, as these parts are common. to all linotype machines and in this form no part of my invention. It will be understood, however, that my invention is attached to the metal pot or other suitable part of the lino- 7 type machine and with its feeder, herein after described, is operated to correspond with theoperati on of the linotype machine in the casting of each slug. I have .connected the feeder device with the rocking ejector arm but it may be attached to any other movable part of the linotype machine operating. before or after the casting of the slugs, if preferred.

Upright rails 6 are provided, having a fork 7 at their lower ends to seat against the lower portion of the 'potfand provided with brackets 8- having hooked ends to engage the upper portion of the pot and be secured thereto by clamping screws 8. These rails support a galley 9 having a slide 10 that is supported by cross bars 11 and thumb screws 12 which pass through slots 13 in said slide and allow its vertical adjustment when the thumb screws are loosened. At the lower end of the slide is a plate 14 hinged at 15 to the slide and adapted to yield in case more than one slug is engaged by the feeder and prevent damage to thefeeding apparatus. The slide 10 is adjustable vertically, according to the depth or thickness of the slugs, and I prefer to providea gage comprising a pointer 10 on the slide adapted to move over graduations' 10 to allow the operator to. accurately adjust the slide according to the thickness of the slugs.

A feed table 16 is supported between the rails 6 and on this table a plate 17 is mounted, having a flat surface adapted to close the open lower end of the galley and provided with a downwardly turned portion 18 that is adapted to slide past the end of the table 16 and be clamped thereon, by the thumb nut 19; B loosening this thumb nut theplate 17 ca be raised or lowered to increase the degree distance of the slugs in the galley from t e feed table and the feeding apparatus. Omthe front of the galley is a plate 20, held in place normally by lugs 21 provided on the rails 6, but capable of convenient removal from the galley when the plate is moved upward to a point where recesses 22 in the edges thereof will be opposite the lugs 21. Flanges 23 are provided on the plate 20 and form the side walls of the galley. Guides 24 are provided in the plate 20 wherein a plate 25 is vertically slidable, said plate 25 having wings 26 mounted thereon in substantially-parallel relation to one another and'adapted to for-1n vertical guides for the slugs inserted between them.

Patented May 5, 1914. Applieafion filed July 12, 1913. Serial No. 778,691. i

and thereby the device can be readily adapted for slugs of different length. The lower ends of the plates 20 and 25 have slots 20 therein to allow clearance for the ejector fin gers during the operation ofdischarging a slug from the galley. Pins 25 are provided which serve to hold the lower portions of the plates in position during the operation of the machine. V1 ithin the galley I prefer to arrange a weight 27 resting upon the slugs and insuring the delivery of the same mto the path of the feeding device, as hereinafter described. A spring arm 28 is mounted to bear at one end on the end faces of the slugs and also to contact withthe weight as it descends with the discharge of the slugs from the galley. A hammer 29 is connected with said arm and when the arm passes out of contact with the weight the hammer 29'will be actuated to strike the bell 30 and warn the operatorof the machine that the slugs are out of the galley. This weight has a rod 3]. extending therethrough in position to be engaged by dogs 32 pivoted at the top of the galley for holding the weight in its raised position during the operation of filling the galley. Upon tilting the dogs they will be disengaged from the rod and the weight released.

, The feeder which I prefer to employ in connection with this device consists of a drum mounted on a shaft 34 which is journaled in the rails 6. .A yoke 35 is mounted in said drum and has a radial movement therein, being provided with studs 36 which project through slots 37 in the drum and are adapted to slide in said slots. A stud 38 fits within a socket 39 in the drum and is normally held in its projected position by a spring 40. Feeder fingers 4:1 are mounted on said yoke and project outwardly through the periphery thereof and operate through slots 42 in the feed table to engage the bottom'slug of the pile and eject it from the galley. Dogs 43 are mounted on the rails 6 in the path of the projecting pins 36. During the movement of the drum to eject a slug the pins 36 pass over the dogs and tilt them from their normal position of contact with the table 16. (in the return stroke of the drum the ends pass under the dogs and are forced inwardly thereby to retract the ejector fingers a sufiicient distance to clear the slugs. ihe drum 3?; has a rocking movement to feed the slugs and I prefer to obtain this movement by means of a recip rocating frame 14-. provided with a guide 45 that is adapted to receive a crank pin 46 on a disk 47, that secured. to the shaft 34. Blocks a& are adjustable in said guide and limit the reciprocation of said frame and said frame has 'a hook L9 one end to engage the ejector arm and be actuated thereby. Said frame also has a guide rail 50 to bear on an antifriction roller 51 that is carried by a vertically adjustable plate 52 on one of the side rails of the galley. When this frame is reciprocated, the drum will be rocked and the ejector fingers moved into engagement with the lower slug of the pile to, eject it from the galley.

' It is sometimes desirable to eject pigs of type metal instead of the slugs. In that case I provide a modified construction, consisting, as shown in Fig. 7 of a galley having a frictiomplate 50 provided with a threaded stud 51 and thumb nut 52 bymeans of which the pressure of the friction plate on thepigs can be increased or de creased, according to the number of pigs in g teeth to be engaged by a dog 54 that is ad Evidently the' justable in the guide 45. I movement of this dog back and forth in the guide will enable the operator to regulate the movement of the ratchet wheel proportionately to the reciprocation of the frame 44 and thereby control the discharge of the pigs from the galley. The dog may be adjusted so that only a slight movement will be imparted to the ratchet wheel with each stroke of the frame and consequently a number of reciprocations of the frame will be required to move the ratchet wheel sufficiently to discharge the pig.

In various ways the details of construc-- tion herein shown and described may be modified and still be within'the scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination, with a linotype machine, of aholder whereon the blocks of type metal are placed one above another, a rocking device operatively connected with a moving part of said machine, yielding ejector fingers radially mounted in said rocking device and operating to engage the lower block and positively eject it from said holder.

2. The combination, withalinotype machine, of a holder wherein the type blocks are placedhone above another, an ejecting device, and spring-pressed fingers mounted in said ejecting device for engaging the bottom block of the series and ejecting it from said holder.

3. The combination, with a linotype machine, and its melting pot, of a holder wherein the type metal blocks are placed, one above another, a rocking" drum, a radially moving yoke therein provided with ejector fingers and studs extending beyond said drum, said fingers operating to engage and eject the lower block in the holder vwhen said drum is rocked, and means in the in the type metal blocks are placed, one

above another, a rocking drum, a yoke having a radial movement in said drum and provided with outwardly projecting ejector fingers operating to engage and eject the lower block in said holder when said drum is rocked in one direction, and means for retracting said yoke and fingers on the return stroke of said drum.

5. The combination, with a linotype machine and its melting pot, of a holder wherein the type metal blocks are placed, one above another, a rocking drum, a yoke having a radial movement therein and provided with fingers arranged to project outwardly beyond the periphery of said drum, said yoke also having studs on the ends thereof proj ecting beyond said drum and pivoted dogs arranged in the path of said studs, said dogs tilting on the forward ejecting movement of said drum and engaging said studs to retract said yoke and fingers onthe return stroke of said drum. 1

6. The combination, with a linotype machine, of a holder wherein the type blocks are placed, one above another, an ejecting device including spring-pressed fingers for engaging the bottom block of the series and ejecting it from said holder, and means for rendering said fingers inoperative during the backward movement of said ejecting device.

7. The combination, with a linotype machine, its melting pot and a rocking ejector arm, of a galley adapted to contain a series of type blocks placed one above another therein, a device having ejector fingers adapted to engage the lower block of the pile and eject it from said galley, said device having a crank pin, a frameslidable thereon and connected with said ejector arm, and

' means for regulating the movement of said frame on said crank pin. 4

8. The combination, with a linotype machine and its melting pot, of an upright galley adapted to contain a series of type blocks placed one upon another therein, an ejecting device comprising fingers adapted to engageand positively discharge the lower block in the galley, an oscillating support for said fingers, a reciprocating frame and means carried by said frame for engaging and rocking said support and means for regulating the distance between said type blocks and said fingers.

Y 9. The combination, with a linotype machine and its melting pot, of a galley wherein the type blocks are placed, one above another, a reciprocating frame, oscillating ejector fingers, and mechanism operatively connecting said frame with said ejector fingers and means fortregulating the'distance between said type blocks and said fingers.

10. The combination, with a linotype machine melting pot, of an upright galley adapted to receive type blocks therein, a

feed table, a feed plate mounted above said table and supporting the type blocks, and a feed device operating through said table and said feed plate to eject the bottom block of the pile in said galley.

11. The combination, with a linotype machine melting pot, of an upright galley adapted to receive type blocks placed one upon another therein, a feed table, a feed plate for supporting the blocks in said galley, means at one end of said plate for adjusting it to increase or decrease thedistance between it and said feed table, said table .and said feed plate having openings therein, and an ejecting device operatingothrough said openings,.to eject the lower type block in said galley.

12. The combination, with a linotype machine melting pot, of a galley wherein blocks of type metal are placed, one above another, a feed table, a feed plate arranged above said table and adapted to support type blocks, a feed device engaging the lower block of apile to eject it from said galley, said feed plate be ing capable of vertical adjustment to change the distance between the lower block and said feed device.

13. The combination, with a linotype machine melting pot, of a galley wherein blocks of type metal are placed, one above another, a feed table, a; feed plate arranged 'above said table and adapted to support the type blocks, a feed device operating through said table and said feed plate to engage the lower block of the pile and eject it from said galley, an ejector rod, and a frame operatively connecting said ejector rod with said feed device. v

14. The combination, with a linotype machine melting pot, of a galley wherein blocks of type metal are placed, one above another, a feed table, a feed plate arranged above said table and adapted to support type blocks, a feed device operating through said table and said feed plate and engaging the lower block of a pile to eject it from said galley, a rocking ejector arm, a frame having a hook at one end toengage said ejector arm and be actuated thereby and operatively connected with said feed device, the reciprocation of said frame operating said feed device to eject the type blocks.

15. The combination, with a linotype machine melting pot, of a galley adapted to receive type blocks placed one aboveanother therein, a feed plate, a rocking drum, ejector fingers mounted in said drum and operating through said plate to eject the blocks, an

' ejector arm, and a member connected to said arm and having asliding connection With said drum for rocking it at a predetermined point in the movement of said arm.

16. The coinhination With a linotype machine melting pot, of an upright galley adapted to receive-type blocks placed one above another therein, a feed plate arranged to support the blocks in said galley, a feed device operating through said plate to eject the blocks, said plate being adjustable to vary the distance between said blocks and said feed device.

l7. lhe combination, of a linotype machine melting pot and a rocking -ej ectoi' arm, a galley adapted to contain blocks placed one above another therein, an ejecting device, and afraine having a pivotal connection with said ejector arm and a sliding connection with said ejecting device.

18. The combination, with a galley adapt ed to contain linotype slugs or pigs placed one above another therein, of an ejecting device comprising fingers adapted to engage and positively eject the lower block of the pile, means for projecting fingers to engage the block on the forward stroke of said fingers, and means for retracting said fingers to clear said blocks on their backward stroke.

19. The combination, With a linoty oe machine melting pot and a rocking ejector arm, of a galley adapted to contain blocks placed one alcove another therein an ejecting device having means to e tge the bottom block in the galley, a me oer connected to said rocking ejector arm d having a slid ing' connection with said ejector device, and an adjustable oleckmounted on said memher for varying the effective stroke of said member and therebyregulating the movement of said ejecting device.

in Witness whereof, I have hereunto my hand this 3d day of July 1913.

ISRAEL A. ROSHUN.

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